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All results from a given calculation for H2OH2O (water dimer)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.239703
Energy at 298.15K-152.242586
HF Energy-151.980779
Counterpoise corrected energy 
CP Energy at 298.15K 
Counterpoise optimized geometry corrected energy 
CP opt. Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy36.516834
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at MP2/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3800 3636 75.13      
2 A' 3674 3516 0.62      
3 A' 3581 3426 223.25      
4 A' 1706 1632 101.93      
5 A' 1672 1599 100.24      
6 A' 408 391 172.89      
7 A' 206 197 13.64      
8 A' 152 145 407.34      
9 A" 3841 3675 52.33      
10 A" 728 697 312.58      
11 A" 154 148 227.00      
12 A" 129 124 9.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10025.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9592.2 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/6-31G
ABC
7.41172 0.21841 0.21757

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.032 0.525 0.000
O2 -0.009 1.506 0.000
O3 -0.009 -1.363 0.000
H4 0.893 1.871 0.000
H5 -0.392 -1.769 0.799
H6 -0.392 -1.769 -0.799

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 O3 H4 H5 H6
H10.98211.88881.59822.46602.4660
O20.98212.86960.97293.39323.3932
O31.88882.86963.35810.97420.9742
H41.59820.97293.35813.94243.9424
H52.46603.39320.97423.94241.5972
H62.46603.39320.97423.94241.5972

picture of water dimer state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 H4 109.674 H1 O3 H5 115.153
H1 O3 H6 115.153 O2 H1 O3 176.395
H5 O3 H6 110.125
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability